Undisputed WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns has confirmed he signed a new contract.
“The Tribal Chief” claimed the Undisputed WWE Universal Champion after defeating Brock Lesnar at WrestleMania 38 this year. In the months following, Reigns’ presence on WWE television and Premium Live Events noticeably decreased. In speaking on the Sports Illustrated Media Podcast, Roman Reigns confirmed he signed a new deal with the company. Additionally, he detailed his current touring schedule, which includes less frequent on-screen appearances.
“Yeah [I did sign a new contract with WWE]”, Reigns verified.
When asked about the length about his new contract, Roman Reigns declined to specify. “I don’t really like to get into specifics, especially timelines. There’s different ways to play with these things so.”
However, Reigns did go into more depth about his current touring schedule going forward, and the reasoning behind it.
“I think the main thing is, when you’ve been on the road for almost ten years straight. [As] someone who’s been at the highest level, the main event level, I’ve ran a full schedule for a long time. Even before we went to FOX, it changed where it was SmackDown on Friday, then we’d do two live events, Saturday, Sunday. Then there an the occasional Monday Night Raw, so that’s a four-night schedule which still isn’t as bad as it used to be,” Reigns admitted.
“We used to do Friday, Saturday, Sunday live events, Monday Night Raw, then we would take SmackDown Tuesday, so we were only getting a day-and-a-half because we fly out–this is before private travel and buses and all that stuff. So, we would fly out Wednesday morning, get home, so we’d get half of Wednesday. You get home and you’re beat, you’re tired. You got half of that Wednesday, then you got your Thursday, and you just try to handle personal life and family and everything that comes with that and then you’re back out Friday.”
“So, for me it was really just trying to balance everything. [As] someone who has five children, we’re in a very critical portion of their lives where they’re so young. This is where we build these relationships and these bonds and they get to know who their dad is. So, for me, it was extremely important that I can build my fatherhood as the priority and the number one hat that I wear and WWE, Vince [McMahon], everybody was really good about accommodating that and making sure to keep me in the WWE family.”
“The Tribal Chief” went on to confirm his on-screen appearances as “part-time compared to what I usually run.”
“So the main thing is, no, we’re not gonna be on every single pay-per-view. But anything that I am on which of course will be all the major ones and then a couple of the other ones that fall kind of in between the big four and the Saudis. I’ll always support those with TVs to build the story and the rivalry going forward. So it’s not like–compared to what I did, I guess, yeah, you could say technically, compared to a full-time, taking on everything, you only get a day-and-a-half-a-week. Yeah, I guess it’s a part-time compared to what I usually run but, I’m an annual character on WWE television.”
Roman Reigns will defend the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship against Drew McIntyre on Clash At The Castle on September 3rd from Cardiff.
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